Jose Mourinho has deemed Bastian Schweinsteiger surplus to requirements at Man United, but with two years left on his three-year contract, the 32-year-old German midfielder reportedly doesn’t want to move, so Mourinho has cast him out into the wilderness of training with the reserves. According to footballer turned lawyer Dejan Stefanovic, who is a member of world players’ union Fifpro, this constitutes bullying and is worthy of a prison sentence for Mourinho.
Author: Brooks Peck
Brazilian fans boo, shout “Zika” at Hope Solo during U.S. Olympic opener
The U.S. women’s team opened their Olympic campaign with a 2-0 win against New Zealand that gave the locals a chance to voice their displeasure with Hope Solo.
DTotD: Jeremy Menez lost part of his ear after getting his head stomped during a friendly
Jeremy Menez recently moved from Milan to Bordeaux and he has wasted no time in shedding blood and chunks of his body for his new club. During a friendly against Lorient, Didier Ndong stomped on Menez’s head, which ripped off a chunk of Menez’s ear.
Graphic image of said ear this way…
A brief conversation between Moyes, Ferguson, and Allardyce at Wayne Rooney’s testimonial
Former Man United and current Sunderland manager David Moyes sits beside former Sunderland and current England manager Sam Allardyce and former Man United manager and current Man United executive Sir Alex Ferguson during Wayne Rooney’s testimonial at Old Trafford.
Mark Clattenburg follows Sergio Ramos’ lead on body art
Mark Clattenburg was the referee for both the 2016 Champions League final and the Euro 2016 final — an impressive combination of honors that few people would ever talk about since, you know, he’s a referee. But the never attention shy Clattenburg came up with a way to make this a topic of conversation amongst anyone who sees his left arm by getting tattoos of the competitions’ logos/trophies.
Coke’s move to Schalke is the saddest transfer of the summer
Sevilla captain Coke has decided to move to Schalke after five seasons and three Europa League titles with the Spanish club. With his now former Sevilla teammates in attendnace, there wasn’t a dry eye at Coke’s farewell press conference.
First impressions after playing FIFA 17 in the general vicinity of David Alaba and Javi Martinez
I got an early look at FIFA 17 at an event in New York marking the partnership between EA Sports and Bayern Munich. This only partially explains why Javi Martinez and NBA player JR Smith faced David Alaba and Zedd (a person who does music) as the culmination of the evening. The team of Alaba and Zedd won both matches they played. Javi Martinez was not pleased.
Walter Zenga lays it on a little too thick at his Wolves unveiling
Former Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga has been unveiled as Wolverhampton’s new manager and at his first press conference he got a little carried away while describing the importance of the Championship club abroad.
Jurgen Klopp does the Sturridge dance, makes it kind of creepy
“Try it, you cannot stop…try it, you cannot stop…try ittttt, you cannot stooooooooop…”
If anything, Frank Lampard might be too good for MLS
At the start of the season, fans eager to stamp out MLS’s “retirement league” tag and impatient writers desperate for pageviews dubbed Frank Lampard the league’s worst ever signing. Now, after a loan (that wasn’t really a loan at all) to Man City and a nagging calf injury that has limited his time in MLS since being unveiled by New York City FC in 2014, Lampard has scored eight goals in his last seven matches, including the first hat trick in his club’s brief history.